Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it ...

The IUCD had migrated, penetrating the sigmoid colon. The IUCD protruded into the colonic lumen ... the patient experienced another episode of left lower quadrant abdominal pain and the patient was ...

The sigmoid colon is located on the left side of the abdomen, which is why stomach pain from diverticulitis usually affects the left side of the abdomen. The pain usually occurs after eating.

He described colicky central and lower abdominal pain and felt bloated ... The gallstone was found firmly lodged in the sigmoid colon, which itself was thickened, oedematous and inflamed by local ...

Colon volvulus is an abnormal twisting within the gastrointestinal tract that can impair blood flow. Most cases occur in the sigmoid colon, the S-shaped last part of the large intestine that leads to ...

A patient with multisystemic disorders suffered with both chronic and acute attacks of abdominal pain for a year. The worst attack led to surgical resection of an enlarged sigmoid colon epiploic ...

Bowel preparation (BP) was inadequate in 1/3. Withdrawal time (WT) and pain score were not recorded in any of the 3 cases. The lesions were found in the sigmoid colon (1), hepatic flexure (1) and ...

Ulcerative colitis is classified based on disease location: ulcerative proctitis (inflammation in rectum alone), proctosigmoiditis (inflammation in rectum and sigmoid colon) or pancolitis ...